The first match of the five-match Test series is being played between India and Australia in Perth. After winning the toss and batting first, the Indian team was all out for 150 runs, but the Australian team lost eight wickets in its first innings. On the first day, Australia lost seven wickets for 67 runs. By the end of the day's play, Indian captain Jasprit Bumrah took four wickets. Now on Saturday, Australia suffered its first blow in the form of Alex Carey, whom Bumrah got caught out by wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant. This was Bumrah's 11th five-wicket haul in Tests. And he has done this for the second time on Australian soil.
| Players | Matches | Wickets |
|---|---|---|
| Kapil Dev | 11 | 51 |
| Anil Kumble | 10 | 49 |
| Ravichandran Ashwin | 10 | 39 |
| Jasprit Bumrah | 8 | 37 |
| Bishan Singh Bedi | 7 | 35 |
Jasprit Bumrah has taken 37 wickets on Australian soil so far. These include two five-wicket hauls. Before this match, Bumrah took six wickets for 33 runs in Melbourne in 2018-19.
Kapil Dev holds the record for the best bowling by an Indian bowler in Australia. He took eight wickets for 106 runs. At the same time, Kumble took eight wickets for 141 runs and is second on the list.
Kapil Dev is the Indian to take the most wickets on Australian soil. He took 51 wickets, while Kumble is second with 49 wickets.
Ravichandran Ashwin has taken 39 wickets and is third. Bumrah has a chance to leave all of them behind on this tour.
| Player | Best Bowling |
|---|---|
| Kapil Dev | 8/106 |
| Anil Kumble | 8/141 |
| Jasprit Bumrah | 6/33 |
| Ajit Agarkar | 6/41 |
| BS Chandrasekhar | 6/52 |
| S Abid Ali | 6/55 |
| Mohammad Shami | 6/56 |
| ES Prasanna | 6/104 |
| Jasprit Bumrah | 5/30 |
Jaspreet Bumrah is captaining Team India in the Perth Test. His spell is the second-best bowling by an Indian bowler in a Test abroad. Kapil Dev is at the top of this list. He took eight wickets for 106 runs in Tests abroad. In this case, Bumrah left behind BS Bedi and Vinoo Mankad. Bedi took five wickets for 55 runs in Tests abroad and Mankad took five wickets for 64 runs on foreign soil. Bumrah has so far taken 178 wickets in Tests, 149 wickets in ODIs and 89 wickets in T20 Internationals.
| Players | Best bowling |
|---|---|
| Kapil Dev | 8/106 |
| Jasprit Bumrah | 5/30 |
| BS Bedi | 5/55 |
| Anil Kumble | 5/84 |
| Lala Amarnath | 4/78 |
| Sachin Tendulkar | 1/34 |
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